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30/10/2017

Nation's Favourite Poem

Each answer is the title of a poem from The Nation’s 100 Favourite Poems determined by a 1995 BBC poll.

 

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1.

Which Dylan album included the songs Don't Think Twice It's Alright and Blowin' in the Wind?

2.

The Equals were a British rock group founded by Pat Lloyd, John Hall, brothers Derv and Lincoln Gordon and which other well-known guitarist?

3.

Which 1967 Bobbie Gentry hit song told the story of a suicide at Tallahatchie Bridge?

4.

Which Paul McCartney number one hit was written as a response to John Lennon's accusation that McCartney's music was overly sentimental?

5.

Who has the nickname 'The Godfather of Heavy Metal'?

6.

Who had a hit in 2009 with the song Mama Do (Uh Oh, Uh Oh)?

7.

In 1965 the BBC refused to screen a young singer and their number one hit because their image was deemed 'too sexy'.  What was the song?

8.

Which US singer was killed on December 9th 1967 in a plane crash near Madison in Wisconsin?

9.

Which popular British singer and songwriter was born Steven Demetre Georgiou in 1948?

10.

Which British film of the 1960s used the Sanctus from the Missa Luba as part of its soundtrack?